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यह तो महानता की चरम सीमा है. #Diwali पर नागरिकों को शानदार उपहार #ModiInBastar
दीपावली प्रकाश, सद्भाव और खुशहाली का पर्व है। आज प्रधानमंत्री को हर नागरिक के सुख, शांति और समृद्धि की कामना करनी चाहिए थी।
मोदी ने शुभकामनाएँ तो दीं, लेकिन जवानों के बीच खड़े होकर भी राजनीतिक विरोधियों पर निशाना साधने से नहीं चूके।
क्या देश का प्रधानमंत्री एक दिन के लिए भी दलगत राजनीति से ऊपर नहीं उठ सकता?
त्योहार दिलों को जोड़ने के लिए होते हैं, राजनीतिक दूरियाँ बढ़ाने के लिए नहीं।
#Diwali #ModiInBastar
Trump promised to Make America Great Again. Instead, MAGA politics has poisoned American society with hatred, bigotry and fake nationalism.
Look at Jake Lang, a January 6 defendant pardoned by Trump, now disrupting a peaceful Diwali celebration with racist slogans. This is what happens when hatred finds political protection and bigotry masquerades as patriotism.
The midterm elections delivered a crushing verdict. Yes, the Iran war was a major factor. But the deeper problem was a politics built on division, arrogance and reckless nationalism. Netanyahu pushed for confrontation, but Trump made the decision. And Americans paid the price.
Trump's politics has damaged more than his own standing. It has dragged the Republican Party's credibility into the crisis. By 2028, even Republicans may find his name a political liability.
America was promised greatness. It got division, war and distrust.
A nation cannot become great by teaching its people to hate one another.
#MAGA #Trump #Midterms2026
HAPPENING NOW: Absolutely chaotic scene as conservative activists Jake Lang and Thomas Allen storm a Diwali Hindu celebration at the Seattle Center Armory.
They held signs that read, "Deport All Dot Heads" and "Stop Hindu Replacement of Christians."
I just spoke to both men who say they are concerned about American culture being overrun by false idol worshippers and H1-B fraudsters.
Lang and Allen say they will be targeting other locations in the city this weekend.
They have yet to announce details of their plans due to possible retaliation by Antifa and other far-left activists.
Stay tuned.
@JakeLang|@Tommy4Trump420
🪔 दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ!
दीपावली केवल घरों को रोशन करने का पर्व नहीं, बल्कि अपने भीतर के अंधकार को मिटाने का भी अवसर है।
इस दीपावली नफ़रत पर प्रेम की, कट्टरता पर विवेक की, भेदभाव पर समानता की और अहंकार पर इंसानियत की जीत का संकल्प लें।
रोशनी सिर्फ़ दीयों में नहीं, हमारी सोच, व्यवहार और रिश्तों में भी दिखाई दे।
हर घर में उजाला हो, हर दिल में मोहब्बत और हर चेहरे पर मुस्कान।
Happy Diwali 🪔✨
BREAKING: Gadi Eisenkot has been chosen to try to form Israel's next government — a major setback for Netanyahu.
Eisenkot secured 67 parliamentary recommendations against Netanyahu's 46.
But the real test begins now: turning those endorsements into a governing coalition. Netanyahu isn't out yet.
#Israel #Netanyahu #Eisenkot
Pervez Alam ji's rediscovery of his 1995 BBC interview with Advani is particularly revealing. Advani dismissed the BJP's alleged hostility towards Muslims as a gap between “image and reality” and defended India's multireligious character.
Three decades later, under Modi, religious polarisation and rhetoric about Muslims and “infiltrators” have become recurring features of BJP politics.
Was Advani defending a misunderstood party, or has today's BJP exposed the contradiction between its words and politics?
“The disintegration of Pakistan is not in India’s interest”: L.K. Advani
In August 1995, when Lal Krishna Advani was President of the BJP and one of the most powerful figures in Indian politics, I invited him to BBC Bush House. I was then a BBC Hindi journalist based in London, and the interview was for the BBC Hindi Service. It was a longer conversation than our usual political interviews. He accepted without hesitation. What he said then remains striking today.
I asked him whether he would like to see Sindh, the place of his birth, become an independent nation. He said, NO. “I think about India as a whole, and I believe that the disintegration of Pakistan is not in India’s interest either,” he told me. “Both India and Pakistan are multilingual states. Both are multi-religious states, and they should remain so.”
When I put to him the common perception that the BJP was hostile to minorities and opposed to the secular values guaranteed in the Constitution, he was characteristically direct: “This is the result of the wide gap that exists between image and reality.” He recalled how, before 1947, Congress leaders had tried to assure Muslims that their party was for everyone, while others portrayed it as a Hindu party of Ram Rajya, cow protection and Vande Mataram. “The fact is that most of the Muslims of Hindustan accepted Jinnah’s word and supported Pakistan.”
He spoke with evident affection of growing up in Karachi, then still part of undivided India, and of his strong desire to see the city again. In a lighter moment he recalled speaking Sindhi with Benazir Bhutto.
Advani ji will be 99 on 8 November and no longer gives interviews. This conversation, recorded in two parts and recently rediscovered in my archives, offers a rare glimpse of the private man behind the public figure. It is the original 1995 broadcast.
#LKAdvani #BJP #Pakistan #Secularism #Karachi #BBCHindi #BBCBushHouse
Charan Srivastava retweeted
Dear @DDNewsHindi. Thank u for using our pictures. But we are @SGinIndia Singapore High Commission. Not Sri Lanka High Commission. Happy #Diwali #Deepavali #factcheck #goodjournalism. 🙏🙏 HC Wong
Mr Gurumurthy, 18 quotations from the Supreme Court, but you conveniently leave out some of the most important parts of the very judgment you cite.
The 1995 Supreme Court judgment made three things clear:
1. The State has no religion and must remain neutral in religious matters.
2. Seeking votes on the basis of a candidate's religion, or asking voters to reject another candidate because of religion, is prohibited.
3. The misuse of Hindutva or Hinduism for unfair political advantage must be dealt with strictly.
The Court went further:
“Fundamentalism of any colour or kind must be curbed with a heavy hand.”
And this wasn't merely a philosophical observation. In the very same judgment, the Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of Shiv Sena candidate Ramesh Prabhoo's election over Bal Thackeray's communal campaign speeches.
Why did that find no place among your 18 quotations?
Now consider what Savarkar himself wrote in Essentials of Hindutva:
“Hindutva is not identical with what is vaguely indicated by the term Hinduism.”
Even the principal ideologue of Hindutva distinguished the two.
The Supreme Court recognised that Hindutva could have a broader cultural meaning. It did not give political Hindutva a blanket endorsement or declare it identical to Hinduism.
Mr Gurumurthy, Hinduism's philosophical richness, diversity and tolerance are not in dispute.
The question is whether a modern political ideology can claim ownership of an ancient religion.
Quoting a judgment selectively may help an ideological argument, but it doesn't change what the Court actually ruled.
These are quotes from the Hindutva judgement of 1996. There were three attempts to get the judgement reviewed. The SC said no
See the quotes
Quote-1 `Hindutva' is related more to the way of life of the people in the sub- continent. In the face of the decisions [of Supreme Court] `Hindutva' or `Hinduism' per se cannot be assumed to mean and equate with fundamentalist Hindu religious bigotry”.
Quote-2 “Ordinarily, Hindutva is understood as a way of life or a state of mind and it is not to be equated with, or understood as religious Hindu fundamentalism”
Quote-3 Hinduism' or `Hindutva' are not to be construed as unrelated to the culture and ethos of the people of India, depicting the way of life of the Indian people”
The Court had relied on a 1976 constitution bench judgement the Court had quoted extensively from the Encyclopaedia of Britannica on what constitutes Hindus and Hinduism.
It quoted:
Quote-4: In principle, Hinduism incorporates all forms of belief and worship without necessitating the selection or elimination of any.
Quote-5: Hindu is inclined to revere the divine in every manifestation, whatever it may be, and is doctrinally tolerant, leaving others tolerant, leaving others including both Hindus and non-Hindus - whatever creed and worship practices suit them best.
Quote-6: A Hindu may embrace a non-Hindu religion without ceasing to be a Hindu. A Hindu is disposed to think synthetically and to regard other forms of worship, strange gods, and divergent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or objectionable
Quote-7: He tends to believe that the highest divine powers complement each other for the well-being of the world and mankind. Few religious ideas are considered to be finally irreconcilable.
Quote-8 The core of Hindu religion does not even depend on the existence or non-existence of God or on whether there is one god or many.
Quote-9 Since religious truth is said to transcend all verbal definitions, it is not conceived in dogmatic terms.
Quote-10: Hinduism is then both a civilization and a conglomerate of religions, with neither a beginning, a founder, nor a central authority, hierarchy, or organisation. – Unquote
Quote-11: The Court also cited the philosopher statesman Dr S Radhakrishnan who had said “Unlike other religions in the world, the Hindu religion does not claim any one prophet; it does not worship any one God; it does not subscribe to any one dogma
Quote-12: SC also noted that the term `Hindu', according to Dr. Radhakrishnan, had originally a territorial and not a credal significance. It implied residence in a well defined geographical area. I give his other quotes relied on by SC.
Quote-13: “Hinduism does not believe in any one philosophic concept; it does not follow any one set of religious rites; it does not satisfy the narrow traditional features of any religion or creed. It may broadly be described as a way of life and nothing more”
On that basis SC said
Quote-14: “The usual tests applied in relation to any recognised religion or religious creed in the world turn out to be inadequate in dealing with the Hindu religion”
Quote-15: “Any recognised religion or creed subscribes to a body of set theological beliefs” and asking “Does this test apply to Hindu religion?” In answering this question, we base ourselves mainly on the exposition of Dr. Radhakrishnan who said:
Quote-16: Unlike other countries, India can claim that philosophy in ancient India was not an auxiliary to any other science or art, but always held a prominent position of independence”
Quote-17: "In all the fleeting centuries of history in all the vicissitudes through which India has passed, a certain marked identity is visible.
Quote-18: It has held fast to certain psychological traits which constitute its special heritage, and they will be the characteristic marks of the Indian people so long as they are privileged to have a separate existence" – Unquote 1/2
Charan Srivastava retweeted
JUST IN | The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of North East Delhi's Mustafabad constituency has lodged a police complaint on Friday seeking FIR under Section 31 of RP act against a BJP BLA Chandra Shekhar Nainwal for allegedly filling 36 false Form 7s seeking deletions of electors living at their addresses.
- @suruchiarchives reports
Kushal, this is what we call 'थेथरई' in Hindi brazenly twisting someone's words when you have no argument left.
Ro Khanna mentioned his grandfather's association with Gandhi's freedom movement. He never claimed that anyone else's ancestors were worthless.
You could have challenged his political views. Instead, you invented an argument, mocked it and congratulated yourself.
That's not a rebuttal. That's 'थेथरई'
Charan Srivastava retweeted
Anyone who's bursting or buying crackers in Delhi with this air is a moron and a garbage human
Charan Srivastava retweeted
BREAKING | Supreme Court refuses to suspend sentence of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal in the 2013 rape case
Interesting
#BREAKING X informs Delhi High Court that takedown notices sent to Internet Freedom Foundation and SFLC were by some impostor and not by Delhi Police.
X says complaint has been filed to find the impostor and no action is taken against IFF and SFLC.
@Slfc05 @internetfreedom
This
The Supreme Court on Friday (November 6) pronounced judgment on a Miscellaneous Application filed by the Centre seeking clarification of its March 11 judgment holding that the creamy layer status of an Other Backward Class (OBC) candidate cannot be determined solely on the basis of the parents' salary income, and that the category of posts held by them has also to be considered.
Read more: zurl.co/plBAK
#SupremeCourt #OBC
Another remarkable result from America!
Congratulations to Nithya Raman, the Indian-born progressive who has defeated incumbent Karen Bass to become the next Mayor of Los Angeles.
What stands out is the grace with which she acknowledged her opponent's decades of public service.
A political victory without bitterness, and a reminder that democracy is about competing ideas, not personal enemies.
#LosAngeles #NithyaRaman
Los Angeles, I am deeply honored to be your next mayor.
I just spoke with Mayor Bass and expressed my deepest gratitude for her leadership and decades of service. Los Angeles would not be the city it is today without her.
I love this city. I believe in its people. The work ahead will be hard, and change will take time. And together, we are going to build a future as extraordinary as the city we call home.
Thank you, LA. Let’s get to work.
Netanyahu's ouster is on the cards. Gadi Eisenkot is now in a strong position to take over.
With 67 lawmakers backing Eisenkot against Netanyahu's 46, the political balance in Israel has shifted dramatically.
Significantly, Arab-Muslim parties holding 19 seats have played a decisive role in securing Eisenkot's majority of recommendations.
President Herzog will decide on Sunday who gets the first opportunity to form a government.
The remaining hurdle is turning those endorsements into a workable coalition. But Netanyahu's hold on power is facing a serious challenge.
#IsraelElections #Netanyahu
VIDEO | Jerusalem, Israel: Arab-Israeli leader of the Raam list, Mansour Abbas, on Thursday, endorsed Gadi Eisenkot to form a new government on the second day of consultations with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem.
The Raam list party had secured eight seats in the Israeli election in which neither party could secure a majority.
(Source: GPO Israel)
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
A remarkable spectacle. One journalist raises a question about politics rising above religious identity, and a parade of right-wing commentators rushes to counter him with religious identities.
Some invoke Kalam, others Zakir Hussain. Some question his patriotism, others his journalism.
But the central question remains: Can merit and public issues matter more than religion?
All this outrage, yet so little engagement with the question itself.
सबसे खतरनाक वह क्षण है, जब कोई ‘वाद’ इंसान से बड़ा हो जाता है।
ब्राह्मणवाद हो, राष्ट्रवाद, बहुसंख्यकवाद या धार्मिक कट्टरवाद,जब कोई विचारधारा खुद को अंतिम सत्य मानने लगती है, तो सवाल अपराध, असहमति गद्दारी और अन्याय भी कर्तव्य बन जाता है।
फिर इंसान यह नहीं सोचता कि सही क्या है, बल्कि यह देखता है कि उसके अपने पक्ष में क्या है। वह अन्याय का विरोध भी पीड़ित की पहचान देखकर करता है।
हर ‘वाद’ बुरा नहीं। लेकिन जो विचार इंसान की स्वतंत्र सोच, विवेक और संवेदना छीन ले, वह विचार नहीं, मानसिक गुलामी है।
विचारधारा इंसान के लिए होनी चाहिए, इंसान विचारधारा के लिए नहीं।